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Armand Douglas Hammer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Dru Ann (Mobley) and Michael Armand Hammer, a businessman. His great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, was a prominent tycoon and philanthropist who ran the company Occidental Petroleum for many decades. Armie's ancestry includes Russian-Jewish, English, Scots-Irish, and German. He has a younger brother, Viktor Hammer (Armie and Viktor share the same first names as their great-grandfather and his brother). His father is chairman and CEO of the Armand Hammer Foundation, where his mother is a board member. His parents also serve together on the boards of the Los Angeles Dream Center and Knoedler & Hammer Galleries in New York. In addition, his father is a member of the board of trustees for Oral Roberts University, and his mother, a former bank loan officer, teaches Bible study in Los Angeles.

His family moved to Dallas, Texas, when he was approaching school age. They moved to the Cayman Islands in 1993, where they stayed for 5 years. While here, Armie attended the Grace Christian Academy, a school that his father set up. They returned to Los Angeles when Armie was thirteen. He attended L.A. Baptist High School and Calvary Junior High School. He made his stage debut playing "Rooster Hannigan" in a 6th-grade production of "Annie". He left school in the 11th grade so that he could pursue acting. His parents were keen for him to continue his studies, so he took courses at Pasadena City College and UCLA.

In 2015, Hammer starred with Henry Cavill in the spy thriller Агенты А.Н.К.Л. (2015), playing Russian spy Illya Kuryakin and American agent Napoleon Solo, respectively. His 2016 films include the historical drama Рождение нации (2016), the thrillers Под покровом ночи (2016) and Мина (2016), and the crime drama Перестрелка (2016). In 2017, he voiced Jackson Storm in the CGI sequel Тачки 3 (2017), and starred as Oliver, an American scholar, in the drama Назови меня своим именем (2017), opposite Timothée Chalamet. For the role, Armie received his first Golden Globe nomination, for Best Supporting Actor.

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He is the great-grandson of industrialist, art collector and philanthropist Armand Hammer.

He is the son of Michael and Dru Hammer. His mother is from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. His father graduated from the University of San Diego and received an M.B.A. degree from New York University.

He plays the guitar.

He spent the better part of his formative years in the Cayman Islands after his father saw the movie, Фирма (1993), which is partially set there.

On his father's side, he is the grandson of Julian Armand Hammer and Glenna Sue (Ervin). On his mother's side, he is the grandson of longtime Tulsa real estate developer Douglas Lee "Doug" Mobley and Donna Rae (Kaufman).

His parents did not support his decision to pursue a career in acting, preferring him to enter business. According to Hammer, his relationship with them became strained but he reconciled with them after he started getting starring roles.

Despite his family's wealth, he has said that he has never had a trust fund and that he supported himself through his acting career.

His family is not the namesake of the home goods brand Arm & Hammer. Though patriarch Armand Hammer's name is thought to be a pun, he was named after an Alexandre Dumas character, Armand Duval, in the book La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), published in 1848.

He and his wife Elizabeth Chambers had their second child, Ford Douglas Armand, on January 15, 2017.

He dropped out of high school at sixteen to pursue acting.

Is politically Liberal.

Armie (full name Armand) and his brother Viktor share the same names as their great-grandfather, Armand, and his own brother, also named Viktor.

At the time of his famous great-grandfather Armand's death at the age of 92, Armie and his brother Viktor were his only great-grandchildren.

Asked by the Hollywood Reporter's Matt Belloni which one of his movies he'd most like to have deleted from his IMDb filmography, Armie was quick to nominate Весенний отрыв (2009).

Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 8, 2018 in Austin, Texas.

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I'm half Jewish, but no one believes me because my looks lean a little WASP-y... It's sometimes hard for me to get the roles I'm drawn to.

[on a film version of Пятьдесят оттенков серого (2015)] No one actually offered me the movie, but while I was working on Одинокий рейнджер (2013), my agent brought it up and I said, "Nope". I mean c'mon - it's just mommy porn. I'm not going to sit on top of the laundry machine in spin cycle, reading about putting a ball gag in someone's mouth. That doesn't do it for me.

[on filming Одинокий рейнджер (2013)] I learned to ride a horse through a moving train while firing two pistols, simultaneously. I'm not sure if that's a very applicable skill that I'll be able to use in Los Angeles traffic, but it was fun to get to do it in the movie.

I love art. I used to have a painting of Gorbachev that was given to my family by Gorbachev.

I like reading. I just hate school.

I couldn't be more blessed.

As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California.

I think a primal role of a man in a relationship is to protect his woman.

I try to do romantic gestures all the time.

I support myself. My wife and I together - it's all our household. I'm really proud of that.

I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid.

I need it to survive. But most specifically, McDonalds Big Mac's and McDoubles (with no pickles).

Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate).

My great-great-grandfather Julius founded the Communist Party in New York.

Just because it sparkles doesn't mean it's good.

I was always Armie. There couldn't be a 90-year-old Armand and a 9-day-old one. And I heard enough jokes about baking soda.

I have about as much control over how I look as the guy who's short and looks more like a character actor - we both have the same drive to be actors and we both have the same drive to assume these different characters. It's just harder for me to get the chance, because they look at me and say, 'Oh, he's this type,' and they stamp me.

I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.

I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it.

I don't think I should tell you what to do, nor should the government. As long as you enjoy your own personal liberties and don't infringe on the liberties of others, I don't care.

You have to emote much more to get what you're trying to get across to come through a quarter inch of latex that's superglued to your face.

My wife comes from a foodie family so I've been indoctrinated into that. I had sweetbreads the other night, and I have to say, not my favorite thing in the world. You're eating a gland.

My very first kiss happened when I was 6, underneath some desks during 'nap time', but my first real kiss happened when I was 15 in the parking lot at a Mexican food restaurant.

My entire life had been this long, pressured conversation about the family I represented. 'When you walk out the door, you represent us. You have to dress well and make sure your hair is combed.'

It's something that I think I'm going to have to fight against for most of my career, for people to take me seriously as an actor as opposed to a good-looking guy. It's not what I want to be known as.

Yeah, I mean I've definitely had a bunch of action scripts sent to me, but again I'm a stickler for directors. If it's like an action flick with a great director then it's like 'Oh let's look at this thing,' but if it's just like a shoot-em'-up with a first time director. I don't know if that's the trajectory I want to take with what I'm doing.

There were two auditions for Социальная сеть (2010), one with Aaron Sorkin and one with David Fincher. I was a nervous wreck. I was like, 'Okay, how do I hold the paper without my hands making it shake?'

There are two 'Snow White' movies coming out for the same reason that you remember back in the day there was Армагеддон (1998) and then Столкновение с бездной (1998). You know, The Andromeda Strain (1971) and then Эпидемия (1995). Like, all of those things. It's common because basically studios have no imagination in making the decisions.

[on meeting co-star Henry Cavill for the first time] I was overwhelmed by his good looks, his chiseled body, his muscles, pretty much everything. There was the whole package there.

[on co-star Henry Cavill as Superman] Henry is the best Superman we've ever had. That jawline, and the way he fills out that suit oh my God. He's great.

I have my own spiritual life, and I value it very much. (in a 2008 interview)